Charting Cosmic Dawn in Copenhagen 2026

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    About the workshop

    The conference Charting Cosmic Dawn in Copenhagen will take place 12-17 April, 2026. For further details beyond those given on this page, please visit the main conference website.

    Objective

    The main goal of the workshop is to gather a broad range of experts in the field, including observers and theorists, working within any of the five main themes: Galaxy formation at cosmic dawn, reionization, origin of massive galaxies and AGN, dust and chemical enrichment, and galaxy morphology and dynamics in the era of JWST, ALMA, and Euclid.

    The conference is designed to be inclusive of in particular early career researchers (ECRs) and the program will consist of a diversity of invited and contributed talks, panel discussions, data tutorials, etc., with some historical outings planned as well.

    Basic information

    • Dates: 12–17 April, 2026
    • Location: Marienlyst Beach Hotel & Spa, just outside Copenhagen
    • All-inclusive fee (covering accommodation & meals during the meeting, conference dinner, excursion): €1500
    • Abstract submission closed on 31 October 2025.
    • Registration for confirmed speakers has now opened on the conference website (deadline: 17 December 2025).

    Scientific themes

    • AGN, black hole growth, early SMBH
    • Dust and chemical enrichment
    • Galaxy assembly: massive galaxies, environment, SFH
    • Galaxy formation at cosmic dawn
    • Reionisation

    Tutorial topics

    • JWST planning of observations, data reduction and analysis
    • Theory and simulations

    Invited speakers/tutorials leads

    • Hakim Atek (Institut d’Astrophysique de Paris, CNRS, Sorbonne Université)
    • Gabriel Brammer (DAWN/NBI)
    • Caitlin Casey (University of California, Santa Barbara/DAWN)
    • Emma Curtis-Lake (Centre for Astrophysics Research, University of Hertfordshire)
    • Jenny Greene (Princeton University)
    • Kohei Inayoshi (Kavli Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Peking University)
    • Peter Jakobsen (DAWN/NBI)
    • Laura Keating (University of Edinburgh)
    • Rohan Naidu (MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research)
    • Desika Narayanan (University of Florida/DAWN)
    • Ryan Sanders (University of Kentucky)
    • Irene Shivaei (Centro de Astrobiología (CAB), CSIC–INTA)
    • Charlotte Simmonds (Departamento de Astronomía, Universidad de Chile)
    • Rachel Somerville (Center for Computational Astrophysics, Flatiron Institute)
    • Laura Sommovigo (Center for Computational Astrophysics, Flatiron Institute)
    • Daniel Stark (University of California, Berkeley)
    • Hannah Übler (Max-Planck-Institut für extraterrestrische Physik)
    • Francesco Valentino (DAWN/DTU Space)
    • Christina Williams (NSF’s National Optical-Infrared Astronomy Research Laboratory)

    Contact

    SOC: Kasper Heintz, Joris Witstok, Charlotte Mason, Renske Smit, Pascal Oesch, Masami Ouchi, Jorge Zavala, Sandro Tacchella, Pratika Dayal, Mirko Curti, Anna de Graaff, Jorryt Matthee, and Danial Langeroodi.

    LOC: Kasper Elm Heintz, Joris Witstok, Rashmi Gottumukkala, Koki Kakiichi, Peter Laursen, Clara Pollock, Chamilla Terp, Darach Watson, and Helena Baungaard.